On Fri, 06 May 2011 13:27 -0500, "Mark E. Skeels" wrote:
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> It's infrequent enough that I suspect it amounts to a very small=20
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> Why is it that using oil for heat is prevalent in the east?

Towns and cities that were built before too much thought was paid to
infrastructure, or any way to supply it.

Where I live there are no overhead wires, everything is underground. And
we have natural gas. There was nothing here but open fields before 1970.

No gigabit fiber though :(

Cheerful regards,

Bob

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